Infection Prevention and Sharps

Question 1

what are the requirements for sharp containers

Answer 1

waist height on surface, click closure once to temporary lock and twice to permanently lock, label has date assembled, date closed and department

Question 2

what is ARC?

Answer 2

are you injure?
remove gloves
check carefully

Question 3

what do you do if you think you have an injury

Answer 3

stop what doing, take off gloves, get supervising clinician and explain situation, investigate injury site, if not injury them dispose of sharp and start again with new sharp

Question 4

what is the risk assessment requirements

Answer 4

someone else fills it out, information confidential, not in notes, must be destroyed after occupational health called, students take blood samples at OH not GDH

Question 5

what marks a patient as high risk on the risk assessment

Answer 5

questions 4-10 are answered YES

Question 6

what happens after risk assessment

Answer 6

blood samples and DATIX

Question 7

overall, what is the procedure you follow for sharps injuries?

Answer 7

stop, inform patient, make sharp safe, first aid, clinician, risk assessment, occupational health, consent for bloods, paperwork, DATIX, counselling and PEP